Cash Rules Everything Around Me
I have been feeling really guilty lately, and it's time I got something off my chest: I'm a fraud of a stay-at-home dad. Perhaps I've given myself away already, but I have a job — several, actually. In addition to my freelance writing assignments (of which there have been few as I've been a lazy ass — that's technical writer-talk — about pursuing them lately) I also have a very part-time job at a warehouse in suburban Atlanta.
I'm sure there are other stay-at-home parents who do some work on the side from the house (writing, consulting, gambling, cheating on spouses — that's not a wishlist, by the way), but can I really call myself a stay-at-homer (man, that looks dumber than it sounded in my head) if I'm working several days a month outside the house while a family member who is not Connor's mom watches him?
Personally, I think I can, and to justify myself, I've come up with a top-ten list of reasons why I need to work outside the home occasionally.
10. We're broke
9. Our lavish lifestyle of canned food and frozen bean burritos demands it
8. We're broke (so much so, that it merits another mention, I'm afraid)
7. Our landlord flatly refused our generous offer of good karma and jelly beans in lieu of monthly rent
6. The reclusive white people in this corner of the world scare me, and any excuse to get back to being around obnoxious white people for a day or two is fine with me
5. Since I'm kind of a necessary piece of the equation, and going to jail isn't an option anymore, stealing is out
4. Have I mentioned that we're broke?
3. Stacey is a sissy and requires the house to be warmer than the air outside in the winter
2.I've got far too much time on my hands and would much rather spend it in a soul-stealing warehouse that has broken the spirit of everyone who's ever entered its doors
1. Two words: we're broke
I'm sure there are other stay-at-home parents who do some work on the side from the house (writing, consulting, gambling, cheating on spouses — that's not a wishlist, by the way), but can I really call myself a stay-at-homer (man, that looks dumber than it sounded in my head) if I'm working several days a month outside the house while a family member who is not Connor's mom watches him?
Personally, I think I can, and to justify myself, I've come up with a top-ten list of reasons why I need to work outside the home occasionally.
10. We're broke
9. Our lavish lifestyle of canned food and frozen bean burritos demands it
8. We're broke (so much so, that it merits another mention, I'm afraid)
7. Our landlord flatly refused our generous offer of good karma and jelly beans in lieu of monthly rent
6. The reclusive white people in this corner of the world scare me, and any excuse to get back to being around obnoxious white people for a day or two is fine with me
5. Since I'm kind of a necessary piece of the equation, and going to jail isn't an option anymore, stealing is out
4. Have I mentioned that we're broke?
3. Stacey is a sissy and requires the house to be warmer than the air outside in the winter
2.I've got far too much time on my hands and would much rather spend it in a soul-stealing warehouse that has broken the spirit of everyone who's ever entered its doors
1. Two words: we're broke
posted by Carter at 7:48 PM
3 Comments:
You may be broke but the treasure you're building in that little boys life will be multiplied a hundred times over. We are so proud of you words cannot express. I know it's your blog but permit me to be sappy. All new parents struggle and you're no different but to take time out of your life at this point is a sacrifice way beyond the call. In a way I envy you. What a happy happy memory it will be. Thanks for the space.
Pops also forgets to mention that you working gives them more Connor time...
you have a very cool father in law and if you ever want to start your own home based business helping people preserve their photos and stories (like those involving a pressure washer and steel wool, perhaps?) in high quality keepsake albums that will last for generations to come just call me :-)
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